false 2491569 7 Awakening from a fevered delirium, Celeste Temple finds herself in a fishing village on the remote Iron Coast. She has no idea where her companions, Cardinal Chang and Doctor Svenson, might be—nor whether any of her enemies survived the dirigible crash that marked her last conscious moment. And while her body seems intact, she cannot say the same for her mind. For she must contend not only with the possibility that peril awaits her but with the memory of her traitorous fiancé’s murder at sea…along with thousands of other memories that now live within her—courtesy of a bewitching glass book. Hunted by murderous opportunists and cruel mercenaries of every kind, Miss Temple, Chang, and the Doctor are soon propelled into a quest that will draw them one by one into a realm of reckless, lawless terror. At every turn lies another enigma—and the stench of indigo clay, the raw material used to enslave even the most steadfast soul. Now they alone stand in the path of a diabolical conspiracy involving the books—one that will mean an alarming new world where once-free-roaming minds are wiped completely clean… if they live long enough. As Miss Temple, Cardinal Chang and Dr. Svenson uncover the devilish schemes of their deadly enemies, the terrifying secrets contained in The Dark Volume will be revealed one by one. For the blue glass is more lethal than they’d ever imagined—and those who possess it, as well as those who pursue it, are playing with fire. 2498876 1 5 2008 The Dark Volume total:122|5:22|4:37|3:35|2:18|1:10| 122 409 265 39 1 1 false false Sun Jul 12 20:17:56 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 03 10:52:01 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 12 20:17:56 -0700 2009
The greatest joy that I experienced with this book came when I was finally finished and could set it aside. I disliked The Dark Volume ...more...]]> 1 1 false false Mon Aug 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 11:40:01 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 11:52:49 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 2 false false Sat May 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 18 22:48:18 -0700 2009 Mon May 18 22:54:58 -0700 2009 1 The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters, so I was naturally excited to discover, quite by chance, that Dahlquist had written a sequel. It's hard to follow up a successful debut, though, and unfortunately in many ways The Dark Volume does not measure up to its predecessor.

Oh, T...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun May 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 20 08:22:24 -0700 2009 Fri May 15 11:20:38 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 2 1 false false Thu Jun 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat May 30 22:28:07 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 06 19:20:06 -0700 2009 can't even finish it once more...]]> 4 0 false true Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 20 06:21:49 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 29 19:29:51 -0700 2009 Glass Books, I devoured The Dark Volume. Since (or because of) Glass Books, Dahlquist's prose has become more polished and his plot-lines more controlled. But control comes at a price: Dark Volume doesn't reach Glass Books's level of jaw-dropping imaginative recklessness. Dahlquist's over-fondn...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 23 01:16:19 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 05 14:48:07 -0700 2009
That's not a negative, just the way it is. If you enjoyed Gl...more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Jun 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 05 09:09:04 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 26 19:20:02 -0700 2009
The first book is wonderful, and I couldn't wait to dig into this. But as much as I wanted to love this I just can't, why because it Dahlquist didn't do his job.

If there is any real flaw in the first book is that Dahlquist loved his characters too much,...more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Jul 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 28 13:35:17 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 00:14:17 -0700 2009
The characters take turns pursuing and then running from the sinister members of the Most Inept Cabal Ever. The author sometimes seems to prefer the villains to his heroes, because the protagonists spend more...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Oct 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Feb 16 16:19:27 -0800 2009 Wed Oct 07 07:49:47 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Mar 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Dec 22 14:51:50 -0800 2008 Thu Apr 16 11:50:31 -0700 2009 The Dark Volume is accurately titled. Like the great airship that crashes on the Iron Coast at the end of the first book, it lacks the lift of its predecessor, The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters. Instead of the Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso format of The Divine ...more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Jun 30 09:27:27 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 09:30:30 -0700 2009
This book ends up being a bit of a rambling mess, with some great characters being under or mis-used. The end result is a long slog...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 27 21:26:32 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 27 21:28:28 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Tue Apr 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 14 15:55:38 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 21 19:00:20 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Apr 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 28 14:47:16 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 28 14:52:49 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 15:38:57 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 15:41:07 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jul 03 08:15:13 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 03 08:16:47 -0700 2009 1 1 false false Fri Apr 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 03 22:45:31 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 10 16:55:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 10:31:30 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 10:32:39 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Feb 10 06:23:41 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 10 06:24:35 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2491569